“Don’t focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.”

“If you salute your duty, you no need to salute anybody, but if you pollute your duty, you have to salute everybody.”

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.

“To tell someone not to be emotional is to tell them to be dead.”

The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.

“Characterize people by their actions, and you will never be fooled by their words.”

“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.”

“Whatever life gives you, even if it hurts, just be strong and act like you’re okay. Strong walls shake but never collapse.”

“The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.”

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.